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More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

Pamela Vazquez, 22, right, joins more than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protesting on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. WendyÕs is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

Oscar Otzoy and son Oliver, 3, join more than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protesting on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

Oscar Otzoy joins more than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

Pamela Vazquez, 22, right, joins more than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protesting on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. WendyÕs is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz. Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com

More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy's at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy's to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy's is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy's Board Chair Nelson Peltz.(Photo: Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com)Buy Photo

A demonstration Sunday in front of a Wendy's restaurant in south Fort Myers brought farmworkers, students and others out to highlight what they said were human rights abuses in the company's’ produce supply chain.

The protest, co-organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the national leadership of the Student/Farmworker Alliance, called on Wendy’s to join the coalition's Fair Food Program, a worker-driven workplace monitoring initiative.

Wendy’s has declined to join. Competitors McDonald’s and Burger King participate.

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Pamela Vazquez, 22, joins more than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protesting on Sunday outside Wendy’s at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy’s to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy’s is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York at the office of Wendy’s Board Chair Nelson Peltz.(Photo: Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com)

At the protest Sunday, Natalia Ginsburg, an organizer from the Student/Farmworker Alliance, said Wendy's recent announcement that it would be repatriating the majority of its tomato purchases from Mexico to greenhouses in the U.S. and Canada by the end of the year was an attempt by the chain to get around joining the Fair Food Program.

"Wendy's shifting to greenhouses are not part of the Fair Food Program," she said. "Abuses are still happening, even behind glass."

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More than 30 farmworkers, students and Southwest Florida residents protest on Sunday outside Wendy’s at Six Mile Cypress Parkway and U.S. 41 in Fort Myers. The protest, organized by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Student Farmworker Alliance, calls for Wendy’s to join the Fair Food Program (FFP). FFP is a workplace monitoring initiative that seeks humane wages and working conditions for the workers who pick fruits and vegetables in seven states along the east coast. Wendy’s is the only major fast food company that has not committed to FFP. On July 19, the CIW will protest in New York City at the office of Wendy’s Board Chair Nelson Peltz.(Photo: Kinfay Moroti/news-press.com)

Lupe Gonzalo, a farmworker leader with the coalition, added: “The reality is that workers in greenhouses face the very same situations of abuse, and sometimes it’s even worse than in an open field. Sometimes, people think of greenhouses in the way they think about organic food — the tomato sounds like it will be of a higher quality, and so the working conditions must also be better.

"But it’s not just about having organic food on the table, or even just about saying that workers have shade and therefore all of their problems are solved — it’s about ensuring actual human rights. But Wendy’s isn’t going to see or understand that, because they once again are sitting inside in their offices, dreaming up the quality of life that farmworkers supposedly have.”